A physicist remembers [[electronic resource] /] / Richard J. Weiss

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910784039103321
• Autore: Weiss Richard J (Richard Jerome), <1923->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2007
• ISBN: 1-281-12114-2; 9786611121143; 981-270-750-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (272 p.)
• Collana: Series in Popular Science, v. 5
• Disciplina: 539.7
• Soggetti: Physicists - England
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preface; CONTENTS; Introduction; The Early Years; Brookhaven; Watertown 1: 1953-1956; Cavendish Lab, Cambridge: 1956-1957; Watertown 2: 1958-1961; Watertown 3-1961; Imperial College London: 1962-1963; Watertown 4: 1964-1972; Watertown 5: 1970-1979; Watertown 6: 1976-1980; England: 1980-1990; A Touch of Monet; England: 1980-1990; Avon: 1990; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: A Physicist Remembers traces the effort to measure electron charge, spin, and momentum density on atoms and solids and to compare experiment with theory. Since the complexity of electron arrangements leads to subtle property changes in atoms, molecules and solids, theory and experiment have generally differed by about 1%. The Sagamore conferences have made inroads in reducing this difference. Since 1963 the triennial Sagamore conferences have been held in New York, France, Russia, Finland, Portugal, Germany, Canada, Japan, and England, attracting thousands of participants. Richard J Weiss, ori